Qin Xiao stood outside the door. The warm water in his hand had already cooled down, but he did not knock on the door to go in.
The senior executives of Cang Shi who came over specially to say hello to him saw Qin Xiao making a gesture to silence them before they even got close.
Seeing this, they stopped and dared not move forward.
They didn't want to leave, but they didn't dare to stay, so they simply found a corner and waited for the boss to come out.
After an unknown amount of time, the door of the lounge opened and they saw Mr. Ting and Li Zhao walking out side by side. They were standing far away and didn't know what Li Zhao said to the big boss. The big boss kept nodding, and the two of them behaved very intimately.
Intimate but not frivolous, they originally thought that Li Zhao was a little plaything favored by the big boss, but now looking back, that doesn't seem to be the case.
"Manager?" Li Zhao saw several neatly dressed men and women coming over. He knew one of them. He was the department manager who took him to visit Cangshi yesterday.
Qin Xiao stepped forward quickly and stopped the men in their tracks: "I have something I want to discuss with you. Please follow me."
Several managers did not suspect anything and nodded to Yan Ting, then followed Qin Xiao to the meeting room upstairs. But he was a little puzzled. They had been standing there for so long, why didn't Special Assistant Qin say anything?
"They all seem to know you?" Li Zhao noticed the respect these people had for Yan Ting.
"Yeah." Yan Ting rubbed his forehead, looking a little painful: "I was recently transferred to the president's office, and the management of each branch has met with me."
"Do you feel a headache?" Li Zhao was in no mood to care whether Yan Ting was familiar with these senior executives. He held Yan Ting's arm and said, "Let's go home."
"Your work, and your makeup..."
"We've finished filming." Li Zhao touched the makeup on his face and said, "We'll remove it when we get home. Come on, I'll go back with you."
Li Zhao helped Yan Ting walk out without saying a word. As soon as he reached the front door, he ran into the girl who had asked him for his WeChat ID.
When she saw Li Zhao, the girl was a little shy at first, but when she noticed Yan Ting beside Li Zhao, the color on her face disappeared completely and she took a step back.
"Goodbye." Li Zhao said goodbye to the little girl with a smile without thinking much.
The little girl pursed her lips, stepped aside and watched them walk away.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw the man that Li Zhao was supporting suddenly turned around and looked at her. The look in his eyes was definitely not friendly, and it even carried the aura of... the cannon fodder female lead.
She shuddered and secretly glanced at the unconscious Li Zhao, with countless thoughts flashing through her mind. But under the gaze of this cold man, all thoughts turned into endless fear.
She could only stare blankly at them as they slowly walked away, silently bidding farewell to her first heartbeat.
After returning home, Li Zhao coaxed Yan Ting into bed, covered him with a quilt, and then went back to the bathroom in her bedroom to remove her makeup.
The makeup in front of the camera was heavy, and Li Zhao spent half a day to remove it completely. After wiping his face clean, he heard footsteps in the corridor, opened the door and saw his butler standing outside with a tray.
"Uncle housekeeper?" Li Zhao stepped aside to let the housekeeper in. "What's the matter?"
"The master said you've been working hard lately, so he asked the kitchen to make soup for you." The housekeeper put down the tray and asked with a smile, "Mr. Li, are you used to living here?"
"Everyone is nice and it's very comfortable living here." Li Zhao picked up the bowl and drank the soup.
Seeing that he had such a good appetite, the butler smiled even more kindly. The housekeeper was used to the husband not eating anything, and now a young man with an appetite for everything finally came. The housekeeper felt that his appetite improved as well.
"I'm glad you're happy here." The housekeeper handed over a clean towel with both hands. "Since you're used to living here, please come and stay here often in the future. Since you came, Mr. has become much happier. He often refused to eat or drink before, which made us around very worried."
"Thank you." Li Zhao took the towel and looked up at the housekeeper: "Didn't you hire the housekeeper after Tingting's house was demolished?"
"I'm different from other housekeepers." The housekeeper smiled and took the towel that Li Zhao had used to wipe his mouth and put it on the tray. "My husband and I have known each other for a long time. Last year, my employer dismissed me because he thought I was getting older. When my husband found out, he took me back home."
"So you watched Tingting grow up." Li Zhao asked curiously, "Was Tingting very cute when she was a child?"
"Mr. has been good-looking since he was a child..." The butler laughed, "Mr. has a good appearance. He looked like a little prince in a castle when he was a child. I have a photo album of Mr.'s childhood. Would you like to take a look?"
"Let me think about it." Li Zhao nodded.
"Mr. Li, wait for me for a moment." The housekeeper left Li Zhao's room with an empty bowl and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I don’t know how Mr. usually communicates with Mr. Li. He almost let the cat out of the bag just now.
He handed the empty bowl to the maid, took the key and went to the storage room to find the photo album that had been covered in dust for a long time.
The album had not been opened for a long time and looked a bit old. The housekeeper opened the seal on the album with trembling hands, and there were only a few photos inside.
"These are the only photos of Tingting when she was a child?"
Tingting in the photos looked even prettier than he had imagined, but she had a stern face in every photo and never smiled. The only smiling photo is of him wearing a baby bear onesie and lying in the crib, grinning with his toothless mouth, smiling innocently at the person taking the photo.
The person who took the photo for him must be Tingting's closest person.
Through the plastic film on the photo, Li Zhao could almost imagine that the person taking the photo must have called Tingting's name affectionately, making him laugh out loud, and then took this precious photo.
"Mr. has never liked having his picture taken since he was a child." The housekeeper paused and said, "Later, gradually, no one took pictures of him anymore."
Li Zhao felt distressed when he heard this. For a child who had lost his parents, who would care whether he was happy or not, and whether he should keep his childhood photos as a souvenir?
He grew up alone and faced loneliness alone.
"Look at the corners of my mouth. I love to talk nonsense when I get old." The housekeeper smiled apologetically: "It stands to reason that a professional housekeeper like me cannot disclose the privacy of my employer. But you are different, Mr. Li. Over the years, I have never seen you making dumplings like a child or watching the Spring Festival Gala in front of the TV. As an old man who has watched you grow up, I want to say thank you to you."
"Don't say that. Tingting is my friend, and it's my duty to accompany him." Li Zhao couldn't bear the old man's solemn smile: "I should be the one to say thank you. I have troubled you to take care of me these days."
"Mr. Li, you are joking. You are the easiest child in the world to raise. Why do you need us to take care of you?" The housekeeper smiled like a chrysanthemum: "Since you and Mr. Li are good friends, next time you come back from filming, you should stay here. It will be more lively with more people."
“This is not good…”
"You and the gentleman are good friends. There is no need to worry about these things between good friends." The housekeeper shook his head: "When you are old, you don't care about false courtesy. As long as you young people live happily together, it is better than anything else."
"I, I'll think about it carefully." Li Zhao did not agree immediately. He was not a casual boy.
At least, at least he had to wait for Tingting to invite him before he could shamelessly continue to eat, drink and stay here.
The short vacation passed quickly. At around six o'clock in the morning on the eighth day of the New Year, Li Zhao crawled out of bed, ate breakfast dejectedly, then carried a huge box and lay on the sofa, not wanting to leave.
Fallen, he is really fallen.
The bed in Tingting's house was too soft, the food was too delicious, the fruit was too sweet, and life was too comfortable. He didn't want to go to film at all.
"What's wrong?" Yan Ting saw him lying there motionless: "Are you feeling unwell?"
"Tingting!" Li Zhao wailed and cried on Yan Ting's shoulder: "I don't want to go to film. I want to stay here with you every day and be a salted fish."
"good."
The temperature of Li Zhao, just like his character, is always hot. Smelling the light fragrance of shampoo, Yan Ting tilted his head slightly and whispered in his ear: "You be a salted fish, and I will support you."
"I'm a real man. How can I let you support me?" Li Zhao groaned and stood up: "I'm going out to make money."
"Wait." Yan Ting stopped Li Zhao and put a baseball cap on his head: "There are many people at the airport, don't let anyone recognize you."
"Oh." Li Zhao pulled up the brim of his hat: "Then I'm going out."
When he reached the door, he turned around and winked at Yan Ting: "Tingting, don't forget to think about me. And remember to eat on time. I will ask the housekeeper to supervise you."
"Okay." Yan Ting stood still.
No one knew what he promised.
Will you miss Li Zhao, or will you eat on time?
The sound of the car gradually faded away. The housekeeper stood at the door, tiptoed and looked into the distance until he could no longer see the light of the car lights. Then he turned back to the house and said, "Sir, Mr. Li has left. How about you have breakfast first?"
"I'm not hungry." Yan Ting stood up and walked upstairs: "Don't bother me if there's nothing wrong."
housekeeper:"……"
If I call Mr. Li to complain now, is it too late?
It was the first day of work after the New Year, and the filming workload was not heavy, as Li Zhao only had two scenes.
"Xiao Li, your scenes will be finished in half a month. Do you have any other work arrangements?" The male lead Lu Hao walked up to Li Zhao and asked, "Do you plan to take on a variety show to fill the time?"
Li Zhao: "I don't know. I have to wait for the company's arrangement."
Lu Hao shook his head: "I have a variety show resource here, "If We Were in Love", which was very popular last year, and the new season will start recording this year. If you are interested, I can help you get this resource."
Lu Hao has always wanted to develop into the big screen, but his current company is reluctant to give up his popularity in the TV drama market and never helps him to obtain film resources. Seeing that his contract was about to expire, he intended to switch to Strawberry Entertainment, so he first showed his goodwill to the new talents that Strawberry Entertainment was focusing on training.
“Is it the show where celebrities pretend to be in a relationship?” This show is indeed very popular. Even he, who doesn’t pay much attention to variety shows, has heard of it.
He shook his head: "Forget it, I'm not yet of legal marriage age, so I can't fall in love too early?"
Lu Hao: “???”
What the hell?
Puppy love? !
If Li Zhao hadn't had a serious expression and sincere eyes, Lu Hao almost thought that Li Zhao was playing a trick on him.
"Many first-line artists are vying for spots on this show. Are you really not going?" Lu Hao felt that he could still save the situation.
Li Zhao shook his head: "Thank you, Brother Lu, but I am not suitable for participating in this kind of program."
"Okay." Lu Hao nodded. "Actually, it's better not to go. If I go on a variety show, I will be criticized by the audience and getting scolded is normal."
Young people nowadays have very high requirements for their dating partners. A young man like Li Zhao will probably be scolded by the audience from the first episode to the last.
After a while, Lu Hao received a call from a friend saying that all the guest spots for "If We Were in Love" were filled.
"Didn't you agree to leave one for me?!" Lu Hao was a little angry. Fortunately, Li Zhao did not agree to this. If he had agreed, how would he explain to Li Zhao?
"Who grabbed this spot?"
"Xu Bei?"
"What a shameless thing beyond the 38th line!"
The author has something to say: Lunch time in kindergarten.
Ting Baby: Don’t write anymore. I’ll bring you snacks every day to feed you, okay?
After saying that, he took out a handful of chocolates from his small schoolbag.
Baby Zhao chews on chocolate and says: Good children must study!
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